This is not america - the songwords and music by david bowie and pat metheny.this is not america, sha la la la laa little piece of youthe little peace in mewill die [this is not a miracle]for this is not americablossom fails to bloomthis seasonpromise not to staretoo long [this is not america]for this is not the miraclethere was a timea storm that blew so purefor this could be the biggest skyand i could havethe faintest idea[for this is not america, sha la la la la, sha la la la la, sha la la la lathis is not america, no, this is not, sha la la la la]snowman meltingfrom the insidefalcon spiralsto the ground [this could be the biggest sky]so bloody redtomorrow's cloudsa little piece of youthe little piece in mewill die [this could be a miracle]for this is not americathere was a timea wind that blew so youngfor this could be the biggest skyand i could have the faintest idea[for this is not america, sha la la la la, sha la la la la, sha la la la la this is not america, no, this is not, sha la la la this is not america, no, this is not this is not america, no, this is not, sha la la la]